Fritz Nathan Collection 1914-2000

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Fritz Nathan Collection 1914-2000

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This collection is comprised of papers belonging to the German architect Fritz Nathan, who emigrated to the United States via Hollandin 1940. Nathan designed synagogues, department stores, and houses, among other types of buildings. The collection consists mainly of blueprints and architectural plans, but alsoincludes documents, photographs, negatives, sketches, and drawings. The documents are primarily correspondence, and focus on Fritz Nathan's work, but also contain a large amount ofinformation on restitution for the Nathan family. In addition, the collection contains some papers on Fritz Nathan's family members: Lucie, Otto, and Doris Nathan.

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Nathan, Otto, 1893-1987

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Nathan, Fritz, 1891-1960

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Fritz Nathan was born in Bingen [am Rhein], in the Rhineland, in 1891. He was a graduate of the Institute of Technology of Munich and Darmstadt, and became one of the leading Jewish architects in Germany during the pre-Hitler era. He began working as an architect in 1914, and served in World War I. Nathan emigrated to Holland in 1938, and came to the United States in 1940, where he continued his architectural career. Among his earlier achievements in Germany, where he be...